As we go into tomorrow’s Super Bowl featuring the great young quarterback, Patrick Mahomes, and the great old quarterback, Tom Brady, it’s fun to see what they said about Mahomes when he was drafted:

10. Patrick Mahomes, QB Texas Tech — Kansas City Chiefs (from Buffalo)

Grade: C-

Analysis: Calling Mahomes a project is a major understatement. He’s nowhere near ready to play in the NFL. And, honestly, he may never be. Between his inconsistent accuracy due to poor mechanics, his tendency to bail from clean pockets and his lack of field vision, he’s going to leave as many big plays on the field as he creates. This was a risky pick.
https://ftw.usatoday.com/2017/04/2017-nfl-draft-grades-picks-analysis-results

For that matter, Tom Brady was drafted 199th in the sixth round of the 2000 NFL draft. 

Don’t let the experts fool you. They would have missed these picks too:

• Joseph as ruler of Egypt – too arrogant, and in Egypt, the wrong nationality
• David to be king – 8th son, probably the result of an affair
• Jeremiah as a prophet – too young (Jeremiah 1:7)
• Jesus’ original disciples (See Matthew 10.1 – 4)
  • Fishermen? Are you kidding?
  • A tax collector AND a tax protester?
  • All Galileans except Judas Iscariot from Judea – probably the smartest in the bunch
• Saul of Tarsus – hotheaded persecutor

Formerly I was a blasphemer, persecutor, and insolent opponent. – Paul, 1 Timothy 1.13

But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the LORD sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the LORD looks on the heart.” (1 Samuel 16.7, ESV)